443: The President is Hungry for Ravioli
Wednesday, December 6th
This week we’re talking about new comics including Batman-Santa Claus: Silent Knight #1, Titans Beast World Tour Metropolis #1, Titans Beast World Waller Rising #1, Batman Year One Facsimile Editions, The Sentry #1, Thunderbolts #1, Amazing Spider-Man #39, Bloodrik #1, Our Bones Dust #1, Hellboy Winter Special #1, Time Traveler Tales #1, Transformers #3, HP Lovecraft’s Shadow Over Innsmouth, and more! Then we’ve got our thoughts on recent trailers including Fallout, Halo, Furiosa, and Godzilla x Kong!
00:01-35:38 Introduction/Comics for December 6, 2023
35:38-1:06:13 Trailers
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442: Oh Look a Mushroom in a Forest, I’ll Make That a Bomb
Wednesday, November 29th
We talk comics for the week including Titans Beast World #1, Batman ’89 Echoes #1, Amazing Spider-Man Gang War First Strike #1, Gang War Luke Cage #1, Spider-Woman #1, X-Men Blue Origins #1, Howard the Duck #1, Crave #1, Saga Vol 11 TP, Spider-Man by Tom Taylor TP, and more! We’ve also got thoughts on Cape Fear coming to TV, a new writer for Avengers Kang Dynasty, This is Spinal Tap sequel, and new casting for the Alien TV series. And we’ve got our thoughts on recent movies, TV, and a podcast and audio book!
00:01-32:33 Introduction/Comics
32:33-1:43:11 News, Scott Pilgrim Takes Off, Monarch Legacy of Monsters, Doctor Who and the Starbeast, Oppenheimer, How to Be Perfect, The Riddler Secrets in the Dark, Last Voyage of the Demeter
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441: The Jean Grey of Symbiotes
Wednesday, November 22nd
We talk about comics for the week including Daredevil Black Armor #1, Marvel Superheroes Secret Wars Battleworld #1, Carnage #1, Holy Roller #1, Batman Off-World #1, Somna #1, Justice League vs. Godzilla vs. Kong #2, Universal Monsters Dracula #2, and more! We’ve also got thoughts on the newest Lex Luthor casting, Dave Filoni’s promotion at Lucasfilm, Alien Legion in development at Warner Brothers, and some trailers. Finally, Nick and Randy weigh in on Monarch: Legacy of Monsters on Apple TV, and Randy runs down a few of his favorite games from BGG Con 2023!
00:01-29:35 Introduction/Comics for November 22, 2023
29:35-1:08:46 News/Trailers
1:08:46-1:27:53 Monarch Legacy of Monsters, BGG Con 2023
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440: The ’80s Were A Great Time for Space Horses
Wednesday, November 15th
We talk about comics for the week including The Deviant #1, Ministry of Compliance #1, Dutch #1, Geiger Ground Zero #1, D&D Fortune Finder #1, GI Joe A Real American Hero #301, GI Joe #1 Facsimile Edition, Speed Force #1, Outsiders #1, Superior Spider-Man #1, Alien #1, Deadpool Seven Slaughters #1, Red Light #1, Star Trek Defiant HC, Clear TP, Adventures of Superman Jon Kent HC, and more! Plus we’ve got thoughts on trailers for Ghostbusters, Inside Out 2, Avatar, Masters of the Universe and more before we give our spoiler review of The Marvels!
00:01-43:07 Introduction/Comics for November 15, 2023
43:07-1:10:23 News/Trailers
1:10:23-1:33:46 The Marvels
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439: Ze Game Remains Ze Same
Wednesday, November 8th
We talk about comics for the week including Transformers #2, Punisher #1, Thanos #1, Superman 78 The Metal Curtain #1, What If? Dark Tomb of Dracula #1, Zawa & The Belly of the Beast #1, Heroes Feast Flavors of the Multiverse, and more! Plus thoughts on a bunch of new movie and TV trailers, some some recent TV and movies!
00:01-43:02 Introduction/Comics for November 8, 2023
43:02-1:23:00 TV/Movie Trailers
1:23:00-1:51:50 GenV, Killers of the Flower Moon, You’re So Not Invited to My Bat-Mitzvah, The Vigil
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438: Spookiness is a Two-Way Street
Wednesday, November 1st:
We’re talking about comics including Unnatural Order #1, Ultimate Universe #1, Spider-Boy #1, White Widow #1, It’s Jeff The Jeff-Verse #1, Return of Superman 30th Anniversary Special, Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom Special, Supergirl Special, Batman/Catwoman Gotham War Finale, Canary #1, The Space Between #1, Spider-Man Deadpool Modern Epic Collection, Daredevil by Loeb & Sale Gallery Edition, and more! Then we’ve got a little horror movie and Marvel TV news before giving our thoughts on another batch of horror movies and the PS5 Spider-Man 2 game!
00:01-21:21 Introduction/Comics for November 1, 2023
21:21-1:33:07 News/You Might Be The Killer, Carnival of Souls, Five Nights at Freddy’s, Malignant, Barbarian, The Nun 2, Spider-Man 2
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437: Cowboy Game Designers
Wednesday, October 25th:
We’ve got thoughts on comics for the week including Amazons Attack #1, Alan Scott Green Lantern #1, Hallow’s Eve The Big Night #1, Captain Marvel #1, Marvel Zombies Black White & Red #1, Universal Monsters Dracula #1, Edenwood #1, Paladin of Axes, Gone #1, Slow Burn #1, Giant Robot Hellboy #1, Captain America #2, Predator vs. Wolverine #2, Wonder Woman #2, Flash #2, Immortal Thor #3, Void Rivals #5, D&D Nights of Endless Adventure TP, Nice House on the Lake HC, Astro City Metrobook Vol 4 TP, Parker Girls Omnibus, MCU Official Timeline, and more! Plus it’s still spooky season, so we talk about a dozen horror movies and the second half of Fall of the House of Usher!
00:01-36:09 Introduction/Comics for October 25, 2023
36:09-1:57:20 Fall of House of Usher (2nd Half), The Fog, Trick ‘r Treat, Halloween III, Masque of the Red Death, Most Dangerous Game, House on Haunted Hill, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Us, The Fly, The Strangers, Final Girls, Bodies Bodies Bodies
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436: Briefly A Non-Corpse
Wednesday, October 18th:
We talk about comics for the week including Justice League vs. Godzilla vs. Kong #1, Jay Garrick: The Flash #1, Sensational She-Hulk #1, Crypt of Shadows #1, Beneath The Trees Where Nobody Sees #1, Headless Horseman #1, BIte-Sized Tales of Terror #1, Subgenre #1, Watership Down GN,and more! There’s a lot of news to cover this week, from the passing of comics legend Keith Giffen to the return of DC’s Elseworlds and Marvel’s next crossover, as well as some movie news and trailers. Then we return to spooky season discussion for Mike Flanagan’s new TV series and previous movie, as well as several other horror movies new and old.
00:01-36:44 Introduction/Comics for October 18, 2023
36:44-1:15:14 News
1:15:14-2:06:35 Fall of the House of Usher (First Half), Doctor Sleep Director’s Cut, No One Will Save You, Pearl, Christine, Ghostwatch, Dracula
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435: Tree Pun Theory
Wednesday, October 11th:
We talk about this week’s comics, including Batman City of Madness #1, Wesley Dodds the Sandman #1, Superior Spider-Man Returns #1, Capwolf and the Howling Commandos #1, Space Usagi Yokai Hunter #1, Operation Sunshine #1, Haunted Girl #1, Nights #1, Midlife #1, Ghost Rider Epic Collection Vengeance Reborn, BRZRKR Vol 3 TP, Dark Ride Vol 2 TP, Godzilla Library Vol 1 TP, Marvel Arms and Armor, What If Into the Multiverse Omnibus, and more! Then we’ve got thoughts on some recent boardgames, Austin’s Scare for a Cure, Loki season 2, and a bunch of horror movies and TV!
00:01-31:00 Introduction/Comics for October 11, 2023
31:00-1:18:36 Spellbook, Ahoy, PaleoVet, Scare for a Cure, Totally Killer, Simpsons Treehouse of Horror, Blackcoat’s Daughter, Town That Dreaded Sundown, Haunting in Venice, Loki
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434: You Would Never Defeat My Sun People
Wednesday, October 4th:
This week we’re talking about comics including Transformers #1, G.O.D.S. #1, DC’s Ghouls Just Wanna Have Fun #1, Star Trek Holo-Ween #1, Lore Olympus Vol 5, Hawkeye Bishop Takes King, Phantom Road Vol 1 TP, Local Man Vol 1 TP, Doctor Strange Vol 1 TP, Ghost-Maker/Clownhunter by Tynion TP, Be That Way, All of the Marvels, Superman The Harvests of Youth, Glass Scientists, Clementine Book 2, and more! Then we talk about close to a dozen trailers, and close out with thoughts on Netflix’s One Piece, 2019’s Candyman, Shaun of the Dead, and the Werewolf by Night special!
00:01-29:17 Introduction/Comics for October 4, 2023
29:17-55:36 Trailers
55:36-1:18:38 One Piece, Werewolf by Night, Candyman, and Shaun of the Dead
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